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2011-02-24 Werner Lemberg <wl@gnu.org>
* docs/PROBLEMS: Mention rendering differences on different
platforms.
Suggested and worded by Jason Owen <jason.a.owen@gmail.com>.
2011-02-24 Werner Lemberg <wl@gnu.org>
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Of course, there might be bugs in FreeType, but some fonts based on
the PostScript format can't behandled indeed. The reason is that
the PostScript format can't be handled indeed. The reason is that
FreeType doesn't contain a full PostScript interpreter but applies
pattern matching instead. In case a font doesn't follow the standard
structure of the given font format, FreeType fails. A typical example
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Please report failing fonts so that we investigate the problem and set
up a list of such problematic fonts.
* Why do identical FreeType versions render differently on different
platforms?
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Different distributions compile FreeType with different options. The
developer version of a distribution's FreeType package, which is
needed to compile your program against FreeType, includes the file
ftoption.h. Compare each platform's copy of ftoption.h to find the
differences.
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